@Book{1011187590,
author="Lavi-Levḳovits, Mosheh",
title="rabbinic conversion of Judaism: the unique perspective of the Bavli on conversion and the construction of Jewish identity",
series="Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online Collection 2017",
year="2018",
publisher="Brill",
address="Leiden",
keywords="Criticism, interpretation, etc; Conversion; Judaism; Jewish converts; Bekehrung; Judentum; Konversion; Konvertierung",
abstract="Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Methods and Models -- ``Like an Israelite in Every Respect'': The Conversion Procedure -- The Babylonian ``Mini-Tractate'' of Conversion -- The Invention of the Conversion Court -- Immersion and Circumcision -- Sinai as Conversion: Acceptance of the Commandments -- ``Like a Scab'': Negative Attitudes toward Converts and Conversion -- ``Like a Scab'': A Babylonian Expression -- Converting Missionary Images -- Hillel and Shammai Revisited -- ``Like a Newborn'': The Erasure of the Convert's Past -- Newborn: Conversion and the Severing of Kinship -- Newborn: From Forgiveness of Sins to a New Personality -- Contextualizing the Talmud ``Against its Will'' -- Dominantization: The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism -- Legalization, Rabbinization and the Shift of Authority -- Genealogical Anxiety and the Body: The Iranian Context -- Conclusion---A Newborn, an Israelite, a Scab: The Babylonian Convert.",
note="by Moshe Lavee",
note="Includes bibliographical references and index",
note="Lavie-Levkovitch, Moshe",
isbn="9789004352056",
doi="10.1163/9789004352056",
url="http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789004352056",
url="https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz496502360inh.htm",
url="https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz496502360kla.htm",
url="https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004352056",
language="English"
}